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Easter EggsA Reading AZ Shared Reading BookWord Count: 327Home Connection:Initial consonant r-blendsYour reader is learning to identify words with ther-blends fr, br, gr, and dr, such as frog, bring, gray,and drip. As you read the book together, have himor her look for words with these blends and makea list of them to share with the class. Then helpyour reader think of one or more new words thatcontain one of these blends. Have your reader addthe words to the list.

Colorful Eggs from Ukraine................... 7

Color Your Own Easter Eggs................ 11

Glossary................................................. 12

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The Easter Bunny

Some people say the Easter Bunny hideseggs for children to find. Some say hebrings baskets filled with chocolate eggsand rainbow-colored jellybean eggs.Long ago, children in the country ofGermany knew about the Easter Bunny.When German settlers came to America,the children made nests for the EasterBunny to use. Today children have Easterbaskets with nests of Easter grass.

Some Easter eggs are painted bright,

pretty colors.Some are made of candy.Some are made of metal and jewels.They are all beautiful eggs.5A World of Easter Eggs

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Chocolate Eggs from Italy

In Italy, people give fancy chocolateeggs for Easter. The eggs have colorfuldecorations. Many of the eggs have a toyor a gift hidden inside. Some are huge,some are small, but all of them arebeautiful eggs.

Colorful Eggs from Ukraine

In a country called Ukraine, people givecolorful eggs for Easter. These eggs arecalled pysanky [pih-sahn-KIH]. Peopledraw designs on the eggs with wax. Thenthey color the eggs. They do these stepsmany times. The wax keeps the designsfrom changing color. The designs andcolors have special meanings.What Some Pysanky Colors Meanredsun, joyyellowlightgreenspring, new life

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One Huge Chocolate Egg

Some eggs are good to look at. Othersare good to eatand eat.In April 2012, chefs made a giantchocolate egg in Argentina. The egg wasalmost 28 feet (8.5 m) tall and morethan four tonsthats lighter than anelephant but twice the weight of a rhino!

Fancy Eggs from Russia

Long ago, Russian rulers gave beautifuleggs for Easter. It took a year or moreto make each egg fromgold, colored metal,and jewels. Each eggheld a surprise.

On Easter Sunday, the eggs surface

began to melt in the sun. Chefs cut upthe egg and shared it with the crowd.

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baskets (n.) woven or plastic containers for

holding or carrying thingschocolate (n.) a food made from cacaoseeds that is a popular treatdecorations (n.) objects used to beautifysomethingdesigns (n.) patterns of lines, shapes,images, or colorsEaster (n.) a Christian holiday held ona Sunday in spring